Democratization in Taiwan : implications for China

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Democratization in Taiwan : implications for China

edited by Steve Tsang and Hung-mao Tien

Macmillan Press , St. Martin's Press , Hong Kong University Press, 1999

  • : U.K., cloth
  • : U.K., pbk
  • : U.S., cloth
  • : Hong Kong, pbk

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Volume

: U.K., cloth ISBN 9780333737835

Description

This work asks whether the democratization process that has taken place in Taiwan could happen in China, and aims to dispel the old conception that democratization is incompatible with the Chinese/Confucian tradition. This volume examines the nature of and the dynamics in the democratization of a Leninist-style party state in Taiwan and its implications for China still governed under a Leninist system. It also assesses the process of democratic consolidation and the political, military and diplomatic reality which constrains democratization in Taiwan. This work is intended for use in departments of politics (courses on China, international affairs, globalization), Asian studies, and economics (courses on 20th-century Asia).

Table of Contents

  • Preface - Introduction: Taiwan's Democratization Experience and its Implications for China - Acronyms - Notes on Contributors - Transforming a Party State into a Democracy
  • S.Tsang - Crafting Democratic Institutions
  • H.Tien and T.Cheng - Electoral and Party Politics in Democratization
  • J.Domes - The Development of the Opposition
  • I.Liu - Developing a Party System and Democratic Consolidation
  • T.Huang and C.Yu - Civil Society and Democratization
  • C.Shiau - State and Identity
  • F.Mengin - Democratization and Beijing's Taiwan Policy
  • C.R.Hughes - The Challenge of Democratic Consolidation
  • Y.Chu - The Democratization of Taiwan: A Comparative Perspective
  • L.Whitehead - Index
Volume

: U.K., pbk ISBN 9780333763575

Description

Democratization in Taiwan from the late 1980s to the late 1990s raises the question of whether a similar process can happen in China, and dispels the old conception that democratization is incompatible with the Chinese/Confucian tradition. This volume examines the nature of and the dynamics in the democratization of a Leninist style party state in Taiwan and its implications for China still governed under a Leninist system. It also assesses the process of democratic consolidation and the political, military and diplomatic reality which constrains democratization in Taiwan.

Table of Contents

  • Preface - Introduction: Taiwan's Democratization Experience and its Implications for China - Acronyms - Notes on Contributors - Transforming a Party State into a Democracy
  • S.Tsang - Crafting Democratic Institutions
  • H.Tien and T.Cheng - Electoral and Party Politics in Democratization
  • J.Domes - The Development of the Opposition
  • I.Liu - Developing a Party System and Democratic Consolidation
  • T.Huang and C.Yu - Civil Society and Democratization
  • C.Shiau - State and Identity
  • F.Mengin - Democratization and Beijing's Taiwan Policy
  • C.R.Hughes - The Challenge of Democratic Consolidation
  • Y.Chu - The Democratization of Taiwan: A Comparative Perspective
  • L.Whitehead - Index

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